Castillo reports that Jhonny Peralta and Stephen Drew are the Mets’ top shortstop targets, but if both get out of their price range (or they decide not to give up a draft pick to sign Drew) then Furcal might make some sense.

Furcal missed the entire season following Tommy John surgery and at age 36 a successful comeback is far from guaranteed, especially at shortstop. He hit just .264 with five homers and a .671 OPS in 121 games for the Cardinals in 2012, undergoing the elbow surgery this spring.

I feel like Furcal or Brian Roberts would be a good signing for the Cubs. They’ll be cheap-ish, provide middle infield and third base depth, and if they prove themselves healthy and the Cubs are not contending, they can be flipped for organizational depth. It fits what Hoyer/Epstein have been doing with pitchers, and the infield is where the Cubs have the most short-term holes, but plenty of long-term solutions.

All this talk yesterday about the Cards flipping one of their young pitching prospects for an upgrade at SS… the Mets should really be thinking the same thing… wonder what Montero or Syndergaard could get us.